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• Molly Dhlamini: We support the Kurds as they fight for the release of Abdullah Öcalan 

  Stating that Abdullah Öcalan must be free, SACP Central Committee Member Molly Dhlamini expressed their support for the Kurdish people fighting for their culture and language.
• 'Freedom for Öcalan' Vigil in front of the UN Office in Geneva enters its 45th month 

  The sit-in vigil demanding the lifting of the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and his freedom in Geneva has entered its 45th month.
• Four people, including a journalist, detained in İzmir 

  Four people, including a journalist, were detained in house raids carried out by the police in İzmir province.
• Gündüz: We will shout our demands from Amed to the whole world 

  On 13 October, a large rally will take place in Amed as part of the campaign "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question". Despite the threat of repression, mobilization is in full swing.
• Former wife of ISIS emir on trial in France accused of ‘genocide’  

  Sonia M., the ex-wife of one of the founders of the ISIS’ foreign operations cell, is suspected of enslaving a Yazidi girl and accused of genocide.
• ‘Our struggle against cultural genocide will never stop’ 

  Protesters against the police raid on language and cultural institutions in Amed and detentions said, “What is being practised is cultural fascism. Kurds have been struggling for their language and culture for decades. This struggle will never stop.”
• ‘Kurds’ and ‘isolation’ on the agenda at the ruling Labour Party Conference in the UK 

  Kurdish representatives met with members of the House of Lords and MPs to discuss the political developments, attacks and occupations in Kurdistan, as well as the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Hundreds of books and magazines seized during raid on bookstore in Amed 

  During the raid on Payîz Pirtûk bookstore, 409 books and 144 magazines were seized.
• 22 people detained during police raids on language and culture associations in Amed 

  The Anka Language and Art Education Cooperative was also raided in Amed. The number of detainees increased to 22.
• KCK: We salute the democratic success of the peoples of Sri Lanka 

  “We consider the achievements of the Sri Lankan peoples in their struggle for freedom and democracy important, and we would like to express our support for their struggle on the basis of women’s freedom, democracy, and ecology,” KCK said.
• Police raid language association MED-DER and publisher Payîz Pirtûk in Amed 

  Turkish police have stormed the Kurdish language teaching association MED-DER and the Payîz Pirtûk publishing house in Amed and taken several people into custody. Arrests were made in Mardin too.
• Activists from Munich take over the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg in its 640th week 

  A group patriots from Munich took over the 12-year-long vigil in Strasbourg demanding the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan in its 640th week.
• Iran builds a 10-km wall on its border to prevent Afghan migrants 

  An Iranian military official announced that they have built a wall more than 10 kilometres long on the borderline, the main crossing point for Afghan migrants entering the country.
• KCDK-E thanks the participants of the 32nd Kurdish Culture Festival in Frankfurt 

  Thanking the Kurds and their friends who mobilised for the 32nd Kurdish Culture Festival, KCDK-E said that those participating in the festival from dozens of countries in Europe shouted that they were ready for the new phase of the global campaign.
• Discussion on Öcalan's thoughts on Jineolojî in Indonesia 

  “Abdullah Öcalan’s paradigm gives us the freedom to develop his ideas according to our material conditions,” said the participants of a debate where the Kurdish leader’s thoughts were discussed in Indonesia.
• Seven people detained in Aydın 

  The Turkish state’s political genocide campaign continues unabated.
• Over 30 killed in coal mine gas explosion in Iran 

  At least 34 miners have been killed and 20 others injured in a methane explosion in a coal mine in eastern Iran.
• Günay Kubilay refuses to go to hospital after being handcuffed too tightly  

  Politician Günay Kubilay, who objected to being tightly handcuffed during his transfer to the hospital, refused to be taken to the hospital.
• Long March activists: The Kurdish people will frustrate all attacks 

  Pointing to Turkey’s genocidal attacks against the Kurdish people, the Long March activists said, “The Kurdish people will frustrate all attacks. This genocide and occupation will be stopped through the resistance of Kurdish youth.”
• Kurdish Culture Festival calls for urgent action against the isolation of Öcalan 

  Speaking at the International Kurdish Culture Festival in Frankfurt, Kurdish politician Hatip Dicle denounced the international silence against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan and called for ‘urgent action’.
• Long march for Öcalan’s freedom ends in Duisburg  

  The long march by Kurdish and internationalist activists through North Rhine-Westphalia ended with great enthusiasm in Duisburg. The participants will attend the Kurdish International Culture Festival in Frankfurt today.
• Imprisoned journalist faces disciplinary investigation over ‘victory sign’ 

  Disciplinary proceedings were initiated against imprisoned journalist Celalettin Yalçın for making the victory sign during an open meeting.
• Woman who enslaved Yazidi women and children charged with genocide in Sweden 

  Around 300 Swedes, a quarter of them women, reportedly joined the ranks of ISIS in Syria and Iraq, especially in 2013 and 2014.
• De Conca: They are silent because they are afraid of Abdullah Öcalan's ideas! 

  Stating that the İmralı isolation is a humanitarian issue, Dr Massimiliano De Conca said, “Öcalan invites us to look for an alternative to the capitalist system, to the current system in the process of collapse.”
• Activists in Paris demand freedom for Figen Yüksekdağ and Kobanê Trial prisoners 

  SKB, ZORA and TSP women members opened a solidarity information stand in Paris within the scope of the 'Freedom for Figen Yüksekdağ and the Kobane trial prisoners' campaign.